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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Synthesis of oligoribonucleotide primers for lagging-strand DNA synthesis in the DNA replication system of bacteriophage T7 is catalyzed by the primase domain of the gene 4 helicase-primase. The primase consists of a zinc-binding domain (ZBD) and an RNA polymerase (RPD) domain. The ZBD is responsible for recognition of a specific sequence in the ssDNA template whereas catalytic activity resides in the RPD. The ZBD contains a zinc ion coordinated with four cysteine residues. We have examined the ligation state of the zinc ion by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and biochemical analysis of genetically altered primases. The ZBD of primase engaged in catalysis exhibits considerable asymmetry in coordination to zinc, as evidenced by a gradual increase in electron density of the zinc together with elongation of the zinc-sulfur bonds. Both wild-type primase and primase reconstituted from purified ZBD and RPD have a similar electronic change in the level of the zinc ion as well as the configuration of the ZBD. Single amino acid replacements in the ZBD (H33A and C36S) result in the loss of both zinc binding and its structural integrity. Thus the zinc in the ZBD may act as a charge modulation indicator for the surrounding sulfur atoms necessary for recognition of specific DNA sequences.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1520-4995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1763-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Bacteriophage T7, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Biocatalysis, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Chlorides, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-DNA Primase, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Enzyme Stability, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Histidine, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Mutant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Oligoribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Templates, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Zinc, pubmed-meshheading:19206208-Zinc Compounds
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
DNA recognition by the DNA primase of bacteriophage T7: a structure-function study of the zinc-binding domain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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